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Cleared Direct Aug 8, 2026

Auto-GCAS, the F-Sixteen Ground Collision System That Rolls the Airplane Upright and Pulls You Out of a Dive While You're Unconscious

How Auto-GCAS automatically rolls an F-16 upright and pulls it out of a dive to save unconscious pilots from ground collision.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 1, 2026

Auto-GCAS, the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System That Waits Until the Last Half-Second to Save an F-Sixteen Pilot Who Has Already Blacked Out

How Auto-GCAS quietly monitors an F-16's flight path and takes control at the last recoverable instant to save pilots who have blacked out.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jul 27, 2026

Auto-GCAS, the F Sixteen Ground Collision System That Waits Until the Last Half Second to Fly the Airplane Itself

How Auto-GCAS, the F-16's ground collision system, waits until the last half-second to fly the jet out of a fatal dive itself.

Vector

ATIS Jul 7, 2026

Rob Holland, the NTSB Final Report, and What We Owe to the Pilots Who Push the Limits

The NTSB's final report on the August 2024 death of 12-time national aerobatic champion Rob Holland cites G-induced loss of consciousness as the probable cause.

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Cleared Direct Jun 29, 2026

The F-16 Auto-GCAS - When the Jet Takes Over Because the Pilot Can't

The F-16's Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System has saved multiple pilots from certain death since 2014 - and its technology may reshape civilian aviation safety.

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